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My Friend Anna: The True Story of the Fake Heiress Who Conned Me and Half of New York City by Rachel DeLoache Williams

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aharper's review against another edition

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informative tense fast-paced

4.0

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forgottencupoftea's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

I rarely read this type of book but found myself very curious when this very book was mentioned in one of the last episodes of the Netflix show <i>Inventing Anna</i>.

As the show ended up portraying Rachel in a not-so-positive light, I thought reading her own account of the whole situation would change things for me. Spoiler alert: it didn't (not really anyway). The structure of the book made little sense to me (and structure is important, especially in nonfiction). The writing isn't anything special. The author often tends to digress and it seems like she gets lost in her own account which makes the book much longer than it could be.
I also found it quite hard at times to empathise with Rachel as she appears to be quite privileged and to navigate life with ease (college, study abroad, internships and Vanity Fair). All of those aren't bad things, good for her even, but there is a lack of self-awareness on her part throughout much of the narration.

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